This.
I kind of looked forward to this interview the most out of all the stuff this weekend, because the liquid ones are the only interviews with substance and we probably get to know more about HotS through it than through the Battle Reports.
An ETA would be nice.

Goldfish

2230 Posts

June 12 2012 01:49 GMT

#42

David Kim Talks about FRB:

Another interview:

These are short and for the most part, there are only one or two questions that haven't really been asked before (or answered yet in the past).

I think this is the first time David Kim talks about Fewer Resources per Bases though.

IMO, I now think HotS (specifically with the Protoss since the whole deathball + stay on two or three base syndrome is the worse with them) will help fix those issues. I like the new Tempest (it's not just an a-move unit anymore, it's a long range support attacking unit) and the Oracle, neither really contribute to the ball of death.

However, I do notice that David Kim mentioned they wanted Terran players to "be able" to play like Protoss if they wanted (AKA they could just sit on three bases and make a mech ball of death then do one final game ending push).

We'll have to see how it goes.

WHyTePoWeR

Korea (South)132 Posts

June 12 2012 02:06 GMT

#43

does anyone know if they are going to release a combo version (that includes wol and hots just like they did reign of chaos and the frozen throne for wc3)? because im trying to get my buddy into hots, and im wondering if he should get wol right now while its discounted

johnny123

521 Posts

June 12 2012 02:12 GMT

#44

On June 12 2012 11:06 WHyTePoWeR wrote:
does anyone know if they are going to release a combo version (that includes wol and hots just like they did reign of chaos and the frozen throne for wc3)? because im trying to get my buddy into hots, and im wondering if he should get wol right now while its discounted

while im not 100% sure on this, im pretty sure that you will need Wings of Liberity regardless to be able to play Heart of Swarm so its best your friend gets the Wings of liberity deal right now.

This depends on payment model they shoot for. If they charge it as a full price game then you probably wont need wings of liberity, but if they charge it as an Expansion, you will need WOL +HOTS . But HOTS will probably only cost around $40

WHyTePoWeR

Korea (South)132 Posts

June 12 2012 02:42 GMT

#45

On June 12 2012 11:12 johnny123 wrote:

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hmm yeah I think ill tell him to take your advice, thanks dude!

Dingobloo

Australia1903 Posts

June 12 2012 06:33 GMT

#46

Here's one with ChoboPeon talking to Chris Sigaty:

http://au.gamespot.com/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm/videos/interview-with-the-production-director-of-starcraft-2-6381781/

Unfortunately a lot of the questions have been covered before a lot of reactions to community reactions and hand wringing over lan, but one that was interesting to me was that Clan support would be coming to both WoL and HotS.